Wall Street Week Ahead: Debt-ceiling battle may overshadow earnings

By way of Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. inventory investors, hoping to go away politics aside to focal point on fundamentals, aren't going to get their wish yet as lawmakers fight over elevating the debt ceiling. Proof that political uncertainty was conserving down markets used to be viewed on Thursday and Friday as the S&P 500 generated two days of strong beneficial properties in advance of the weekend. Legislators will probably be busy negotiating raising the $16.7 trillion federal borrowing limit and reopening the federal executive. If the borrowing cap isn’t elevated by way of October 17, it could actually result in a U.S. debt default. …